BATED PRIME MINISTER. …….DATED PRESS
May 25, 2010
New Delhi: At last Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held his first formal date with press on Indian soil as prime minister after couple of naxalite incidents and one devastating accident. Here is what P.M. tweeted to our correspondent as off the record statement on various questions put to him.
On inflation and economy: The PM promises that inflation will be contained by Christmas this year as a Christmas gift to Sonia Gandhi. “It’s not fair to say we have a weakened economy. There has been a crisis for the past 1.5 years, mostly due to drought and inflation. Yet we are able to come up with couple big scams worth thousands of crores and it clearly indicates that economy is growing as there is provision for big scams and I expect the economy will grow by 8.5%.in this fiscal with couple of more scams”
On Raja and corruption: The PM admits corruption is a problem but said Minister Raja has followed the guidelines and policy laid by the NDA government during the allotment of 2G license in 2008 and hence if Raja is involved in corruption then NDA government is to be blamed for it. After seeing the success of open auction of 3G spectrum even P.M. is thinking of auctioning the ministries during the next cabinet reshuffle in order fetch some amount to the party also. Read the rest of this entry »
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